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Competition Commission of India
CCI receives a notice relating to acquisition of certain shareholding in OFB Tech Private Limited by SVF II Orca  LLC under Green Channel
The Competition Commission of India  receives a notice relating to the acquisition of certain shareholding in OFB Tech Private Limited by SVF II Orca  LLC, under Green Channel and is deemed approved.
The CCI received a notice relating to the acquisition of certain shareholding in OFB Tech Private Limited  by SVF II Orca  LLC , under Green Channel and is deemed approved.
SVF II Orca  LLC is a newly incorporated entity set up to make mid to long term financial investments in technology companies. It belongs to the SoftBank Group which is present in India through controlled entities and investments in various sectors, including but not limited to health technology, logistics, education technology, and artificial intelligence.
OFB Tech Private Limited is incorporated in India. It is involved in the wholesale trading of raw materials through a technology enabled platform. OFB Tech has indirect presence in  purchase financing business,  wholesale trading of agricultural materials,  wholesale trading of construction materials and related sub-contracting services, and  operation of a technology platform that assists enterprises in discovering tenders.
Ministry of Railways
100 Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal  to be developed till 2025
Under the Gati Shakti Cargo Terminal  Policy, it has been targeted to develop 100 GCTs in three years i.e. 2022-23, 2023-24 & 2024-25. 22 GCTs have already been commissioned. 125 applications for development of Cargo Terminals under the GCT Policy have been received and 79 In-Principle Approvals have been granted.
For GCTs to be developed on non-Railway land, the GCT Operators will identify the location and will construct the terminal after obtaining necessary approval. For GCTs to be developed either fully or partially on Railway land, the land parcels will be identified by Railways, and the GCT Operator for construction and operation of Terminal will be selected through open tendering process.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
AYUSH
Digitisation of AYUSH
Ministry of AYUSH has conceptualized AYUSH GRID Project for digitising AYUSH healthcare delivery at all levels. The details are as under:
The AYUSH Grid Project is the proposed IT backbone for the entire AYUSH sector covering the healthcare systems Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy. AYUSH Grid is envisaged as an omnibus digital eco- system that would lead to all round development of the AYUSH sector in fields of healthcare delivery at all levels, research, education, schemes and various health programs.
To develop a network of People, Knowledge and Technology for radical, sustainable and wholesome transformation of AYUSH sector, and play a pivotal role in taking care of holistic health care needs  and socio- economic wellbeing of Indian citizens and further extending the benefits to entire world population.
To create an organic and dynamic information and communication technology  powered network interconnecting all streams of AYUSH in their key functional areas viz. health care delivery, capacity building, research & development, AYUSH drug regulation and education. This will be beneficial for all stakeholders of AYUSH and also helpful for effective governance. Strategies for development will be in sync with the national and international policies and health care needs.
The main components of AYUSH GRID Project are as under:
- Health Services
- Education
- Research
- Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes
- Training
- Citizen Centric Services
- Drug Licencing Portal
- Media Outreach
Health is a state subject and the concerned state Government adopt various measures to improve the Government health delivery system, including AYUSH Systems of Healthcare. At the Central level, the Ministry of AYUSH also takes various initiatives to achieve this goal, mainly through interventions in areas like AYUSH education, AYUSH Research, establishing and running national level institutes, setting guidelines for drug regulation, setting benchmarks for AYUSH digitisation and forgoing international collaboration in relevant activities. Further, Ministry of AYUSH has launched Pilot Project of AYUSH Health Management Information System  on 05.11.2018. As on today, 82 health facilities  under the Ministry are using available modules of A-HMIS. The Ministry has also launched training programmes in A-HMIS. An IT Course for AYUSH Professionals for capacity building of AYUSH Doctors in use of Digital Technologies in Healthcare for improvement of healthcare delivery system in AYUSH has been initiated with the support of C-DAC, Pune.
This information was given by the Minister of State  for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri G. Kishan Reddy Inaugurates 20th International Seminar on “Comprehends the Evolving Contours of Terrorism & IED Threat-Wayahead for the Security Community;
Calls for putting a united front against terrorism by global community
The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the 20th International Seminar on “Comprehends the Evolving Contours of Terrorism & IED Threat-Wayahead for the Security Community”, organised by the NSG, at Manesar, Haryana today.
Addressing the seminar, Shri G. Kishan Reddy said that Global community need to come together and put a united front against terrorism as it is a common enemy and nation across the world are facing the menace, suffering both economic and social losses.
He said that under the able leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi India has displayed the resolve and commitment to the policy of “ Zero tolerance towards Terrorism” and this assertive policy has indeed led to results with drop in left wing extremism and dismantling of several terror modules across the country.
The Minister suggested that we need to equip ourselves for the next generation warfare, latest technology and advanced weaponry as the terror modules are also evolving to survive through collaborations and adapting to changing dynamics. We need to focus on “ Asymmetrical threats” posed by such non-state actors, he added.
Shri G. Kishan Reddy further said that importance of improving IED detection and prevention has gained significant importance for the security forces these days, we need strategy and develop capabilities to prevent such attacks.
He also emphasized for adopting a twofold strategy- firstly, combating terrorism must be a proactive and preemptive strategy and not a post facto response and secondly, reaching a global agreement to isolate terrorism and to choke all its lifelines.
While appreciating the Start-up India partnership by NSG to produce counter IED equipment and technologies , he said that once put on production line it will benefit the entire nation.
The Minister hoped that it will bridge the gap in our equipment profile and improve Counter-IED and Counter terrorism strategies for future.
MoS for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy also presented the Counter-IED Innovators awards and released the 30th volume of “ The Bomshell” during the inaugural session of the seminar.
DG, NSG, Shri Anup Kumar Singh while addressing the seminar said that terrorist activities in India and other parts of the world are added and abetted not only by extremist outfits but they are fueled by trans-national organizations. In this seminar the international community will share their ideas and formulate a road map to deal with the menace of terrorism, he added.
The two-day seminar will cover a wide spectrum of Counter Terrorism and Counter-IED issues in panel discussions. Delegates from various countries and senior Police and security officers from various states and other stake holders are participating in the Conference.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur starts a campaign titled #KickOffTheDream” to show support to the Indian women's U 17 football team
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur started a campaign titled #KickOffTheDream” to show support to the Indian women's U 17 football team set to participate in the U17 FIFA women's world cup from Oct 11th. This is the first time that India is hosting this event.
In his message on twitter, Shri Anurag Thakur is seen inviting his cabinet colleague Shri Kiren Rijiju, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra and actor Ajay Devgn to take the challenge forward.
He also invites every Indian to watch the matches at the stadiums, scheduled in Goa, Mumbai and Bhuwaneshwar and also asks them to show their support by posting interesting videos of playing the football.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Culture of Giving, gives us more pleasure than of gathering: Shri Prakash Javadekar
India is ready to ship corona vaccine in every corner of the world : Prakash Javadekar
Mumbai, 23 January 2021
The culture of giving gives more pleasure than that of gathering and there is no limit to how much we can give, said Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar in the naming ceremony of Dr Cyrus Poonawala High school and Junior college and Dr Cyrus Poonawala skill Development Centre in Camp area of Pune city. The Minister further said that Camp education society has distinguished history of 136 years and it has distinction of being headed by P.K.Atre for more than 17 years.
The Union Minister also appreciated the philanthropic activities of Poonawala group and said that industrialists should earn a lot so that they can give a lot to the society.
Lauding Serum Institute for the work they are doing in the production of vaccine, the Union Minister said, that India like a responsible leader is already providing corona vaccine to 12 countries including, Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Brazil and is ready to ship to many more countries when decision is taken.
This is nothing but fulfillment of vision of "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, said Shri Javadekar. Aatmanirbhar Bharat envisions Made In India and Made for the world, he added.
The Union Minister recalled how he as a Union Education Minister started Hackathons so that we become solution giving society. He also remembered the efforts to bring together the research centres and universities done in the past years.
Dr Cyrus Poonawala presented cheque of donation to the school and said that he is happy to be associated with Camp Education Society as it is working in the field of education which is foundation of robust future for child. It is an effort to give back to the society and will have more association with institute in the future, Shri Poonawala added.RT/MC/DR
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Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President releases the book titled "Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay - Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamyikta"
VP highlights the importance of Pt Deendayal's thoughts in contemporary times
The Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today released the book titled "Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay - Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamyikta"  in New Delhi and on this occasion highlighted the importance of Pt Deendayal's thoughts in contemporary times.
Quoting Pt Deendayal, Shri Dhankhar said "education is an investment in the sense that an educated man will serve the society better," and underlined that this idea formed the basis of the New Education Policy - 2020. "If India has to attain its past glory, it'll have to go beyond GDP & economics, and take a holistic view of human development in every sense as suggested by Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Ji," he added.
The Vice President appreciated the efforts of the Chief Editor of the book, Dr Bajrang Lal Gupta and his team for coming out with these well researched five volumes on one of the foremost leaders of modern India. He also thanked Shri Rajnath Singh and Dr Murli Manohar Joshi for their insightful speeches on the life and work of Pt Deendayal Upadhyay on the occasion.
Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Defence, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, former Union Minister, Dr Bajrang Lal Gupta, Cheif Editor of the book, Shri Prashant Jain, Publisher , Dr Amit Rai Jain, Co-Editor, Dr Nand Kishore Garg, Founder-Director, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology and other dignitaries attended the event.
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Ministry of Electronics & IT
India transferred on an average >9mn DBT payments per day 
284 mn digital transactions happening in a day
“India is today leading the world in digital payments in particular and also becoming pre-eminent country in use of technology to improve citizens lives and Governance – The India stack and other various digital government solutions are now envy of the world’s nations – India Leads Digital and Digital Leads India thanks to PM Narendra Modi ji’s vision”, said Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar while speaking about the successful model of Digital Payments and Direct Benefit Transfer , which is benefiting millions of Indian citizens.
More than ₹24.8 lakh crore has been transferred through DBT mode since 2013, ₹6.3 lakh crore in FY 2021-22 alone; on an average >90 lakh DBT payments are processed daily . Under the 11th installment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, around ₹20,000 crore was transferred directly into bank accounts of more than 10 crore beneficiaries .
As far as Digital Payments are concerned, more than 8,840 crore digital payment transactions performed during 2021-22 and nearly 3,300 crore in FY 2022-23 ; on average 28.4 crore digital transactions are performed in a day.
This success story of India in creation of digital assets  can be an example from which not only ‘developing’ but also ‘developed’ countries may learn.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 171.67 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 11.73 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than 171.67 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 11.73 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan addresses the Plenary Session on Enabling Global Mobility of Indian Workforce - Role of Indian Diaspora
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan called upon Diaspora to cement India’s capacity to serve the global family
Key Highlights:
The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is being organized in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Government from 08-10 January 2023 in Indore.
Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed the plenary session on ‘Enabling Global Mobility of Indian Workforce - Role of Indian Diaspora’ in 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2023.
While addressing the gathering, Shri Pradhan said that our diaspora is an integral part of India’s civilization and has played an important role in its great journey. He spoke about the diaspora’s role in enhancing the capacity and mobility of India’s workforce and in creating a new Indian model for serving humanity.
Speaking about the NEP 2020 and a new skilling approach he said that we are envisioning a flexible model with multiple entry-exit and skilling pathways that focuses on building competencies.He said that Indian workforce is hardworking, honest and responsible. India can emerge as the global hub of skilled manpower.
He further added that technology is creating new opportunities. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has reposed a lot of faith in the vibrant Indian diaspora. He expressed his confidence that our 32 million strong Indian diaspora will use their expertise and experiences for cementing India’s capacity to serve the global family.
Later in the day, Shri Pradhan interacted with the vibrant Indian diaspora of Mauritius & Kuwait. He appreciated their suggestions on educating youth about Indian culture, spirituality and heritage. The Minister spoke about how NEP 2020 focuses on education that is rooted in Indianness with a modern outlook.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas  Convention is the flagship event of the Government of India. It provides an important platform to engage and connect with the overseas Indians and to enable the diaspora to interact with each other. The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is being organized in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Government from 08-10 January 2023 in Indore. The theme of this PBD Convention is "Diaspora: Reliable partners for India’s progress in Amrit Kaal”. Over 3,500 diaspora members from nearly 70 different countries have registered for the PBD Convention.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Income generation activities for tribals pick up as states take up MFP procurement at revised MSP in right earnest
There has been an encouraginglypositive response from the States asthe government continues its efforts to help the poor and marginalized people find their feet in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In the context of tribal people, TRIFEDunder the aegis of the Ministry of Tribal Affairshad advised the State Governments to plan the effective implementation of MSP for MFP by leveraging funds under Article 275  grants to ensure both immediate income generation in the short term and sustained livelihoods by supporting VanDhanvalue addition activities.
It has been observed that this advice has been met with tremendous positive response. 17 states have initiated procurement and MFP worth approximately Rs. 50 Cr. have been procured by the states under the scheme. Moreover due to these efforts,private agencies in 7 States have procured MFP at prices above the MSP to tune of over Rs.400 Cr.
Thetimely announcement of the MSP measures and the revisions in the MSPs by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and these concerted efforts of TRIFED have resulted in the tribals getting a higher value realization in the market, at rates which are even higher than MSP.
In addition, 6 states have transferred funds to VDVKs for the procurement of MFPs under the Scheme and a procurement of Rs. 4.03 crores has been done through this channel. 7 States have initiated the preparation of their State plans for initiatives under Article 275  for Covid relief and will soon submit the plans to the Ministry for approval and sanction of grants.
Earlier, it may be noted, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs had announced certain measures to help this segment as most of the income of tribals comes from minor forest produce based activities which usually is at its peak season now, between the months of April – June. The Ministry had already approved the Guidelines for Scheme for ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce  Through Minimum Support Price  & Development of Value Chain for MFP’ for providing MSP to gatherers of forest produces and introducing value addition and marketing through tribal groups and clusters.
On May 1, 2020, the Government issued a revised price list of MSP for the 50 MFPs– and most of the MFP have been revised upwards by 30-90% so that it can benefit the tribal gatherers. In addition to this, 23 more items were included in this scheme as MFPs. This inclusion incorporated agriculture and horticulture produce from North Eastern States collected by the tribal people.
These measures, which have taken the entire count of MFPs under the Minimum Support Price  for Minor Forest Produce  Scheme to 73 counts, and is expected to provide an immediate and much needed momentum to procurement of Minor Tribal Produce across all States, and the efforts of TRIFED in generating response from the State Governments will ameliorate the situation of the distressed tribal people.
Ministry of Culture
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015,2016,2017 and 2018 announced.
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the years 2015,2016,2017 and 2018 has been conferred on the following
- Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari for the year 2015 for their contribution in Rural Development, Education , Development of natural resources.
- For 2016 jointly to AkshayaPatra Foundation for its contribution in providing mid-day meals to millions of children across India and Sulabh International for its contribution in improving the condition of sanitation in India and emancipation of manual scavengers.
- EkalAbhiyan Trust for the year 2017 for their contribution in providing Education for Rural and Tribal Children in remote areas pan India, Rural Empowerment, Gender and Social Equality
- Shri YoheiSasakawa for the year 2018 for his contribution in Leprosy Eradication in India and across the world.
The jury under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister ShriNarendraModi and comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justice RanjanGogoi, Speaker of LokSabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in LokSabha Shri. MallikarjunaKharge and Member of Parliament, Shri L.K. Advani after detailed discussions on 16th January, 2019 unanimously decided to select the above organisation/persons in recognition to their outstanding contributions in the fields mentioned above.
The annual award was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 during the commemoration of 125th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The award carries an amount of Rs 1Crore, a Citation in a scroll, a plaque as well as an exquisite traditional handicraft/handloom item.